Chris Hadfield, the commander of the International Space Station (and, if you didn’t know, a Canadian), is going home in a Soyuz spacecraft in two days. Since December 21 of last year, Hadfield has entertained all of us with his fantastic pictures of Earth (posted on his Twitter account), his repartée. And now he tops […]
This clip was highlighted, without comment, at Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe website. I’ll post it, too, but add a comment: It shows Tyson losing it in a science discussion with Brian Greene, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, Tracy Day, Ira Flatow, and Bill Nye. The discussion was at an Arizona State University panel on “The Storytelling […]
Another fantastic photo (click to enlarge) taken from the International Space Station and appearing yesterday on Commander Chris Hadfield’s Facebook page. I still can’t get over social media in space! His caption: Chicago, a bright spot on the tip of Lake Michigan, glowing through the clouds. h/t: SGM
This picture of Chicago was tweeted from the International Space Station by Commander Chris Hadfield. (Tweets from space!). It shows Chicago from space orbit (click to enlarge), and was taken yesterday. Hadfield’s note: Chicago on a clear winter’s day, ice on the shore, busy O’Hare airport visible from orbit. O’Hare is obvious, about halfway up […]
As described in The Atlantic via Ed Yong and Matthew Cobb, this is a real exchange that happened today. Hadfield, as we know, is the commander of the Soyuz, heading for the International Space Station. Now I never watched Star Trek, but I expect trekkies will understand.
The Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft is on a mission (it began Dec. 19) to visit the International Space Station and do experiments (read about it here). This stunning picture comes fr0m today’s Twitter feed of Commander Chris Hadfield—a tweet from space! The caption: Earth, Moon and Soyuz: Kevin Ford took this picture as we approached Station […]
If you did any Googling today, you might have noticed this, and wondered what it was: It’s the Canadarm! And Canada’s National Post explains: The 31rst anniversary of the first launch of the Canadarm, the nation’s robotic space exploration tool, is being celebrated with a Google doodle. The Canadarm had its first mission on Nov. […]
